The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

And deprive yourself of of all that knowledge? There is some high brow stuff in there. Maybe start somewhere in the middle, I don't think most of us have been here from the start.

Speaking of, how long has everyone been on this forum (gym thread specifically)? I bought my Taco in April '15 and joined TW at the same time. Wasn't long before I found this thread...

 

Jan maybe who knows?

 

Partial, I'm watching dragonball super right now, catching up on naruto, waiting for one punch man to come out..LOL

 

March

 

Hey good info. At least that's a start for me. I've gone through the first 10 pages or so of this thread but I'll keep digging and see what other stuff I can find.

As far as my protein intake goes, i drink a boost shake with 15g of protein in the morning and some belvita snacks. And salads for lunch that have 5-12g of protein. So I'm roughly 20g per day, but should I be intaking more? I think I used to be at 25g + when I was hitting harder in my youth I just cant remember.

 

20g of protein a day ?????? No freaking way.

I take in at a minimum 200g of protein. My breakfast has 60grams alone. My split is 230p/115c/85f= 2100 calories a day. When I got back to lifting everything stays the same except carbs go to 250-300 depending

 

I'm mexican, so the carbs come free because my mother in law lives with us
Is muscle milk any good? I could probably get that stuff paid for by work since they sell it at walmart and i can use my per diem to buy stuff there.

 

I used to be a rep for them in college. It tastes awesome but honestly there's better macro profiles out there. If I recall the protein was to low for the fat/calorie trade off.

On gold standard is my favorite protein powder. I eat a lot of protein throughout the day so I just take a scoop post workout at night.

 

Current preworkout is Mr Hyde.
Current Protein is Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% whey.

If you're only taking in 20g protein a day, you're doing it way wrong. Need to be around 1-1.5g per lb of body weight. I try to eat 250, and I'm 150 lb currently.

The gut is tricky. The easiest way to get rid of it is change your diet. We've all heard "abs are made in the kitchen" which is true for the most part. Some people can eat whatever the hell they want and keep a 6 pack. Not me. I have to go low carb in order to have decent abs.

Also, do HIIT or some form of interval cardio. Intervals burn more fat than steady state cardio. Lift heavy on your compound movements (i.e. Bench, deadlift, squats) to help build up your core. I know a lot of guys that never work abs but have a great stomach because of their compound lifts.

As far as doing legs more, I'll never tell you to do legs less. Lol. I try to hit them twice a week. Science says your body releases more testosterone when you hit legs (bigger muscle group, so the body needs to release more to make up for it), so, more testosterone being released, body working harder, more fat being burned.

what is your macro break down currently? Have you ever calculated it? The fastest way for me to burn fat is a high protein, low carb, medium fat diet. It helps me lean up. But, just Eat at a caloric deficit and you'll lose weight, I promise.

 

I've missed the pre-workout tingles

 

Bout to smash delts

 

Let me know how that is! I want to cycle off with a pre without stim

 

Today's workout:

Bench:
Warm Up
3x10x135
1x10x185
2x5x225
1x3x245
Working Sets:

2 Sets of 2 @265
2 @ 275
2 @285
2 @295

Back down to 225 for 4x4 SS with Tricep Dips (3x15)

SS
3 sets of 10-12 Incline Dumbbell 70 -> 45
3x12-15 Single Arm Tricep pulldown

SS
Decline Bench 3x15 @ 135
Overhead Tricep extensions

Close Grip Bench
Close grip push ups

30 mins of intervals: 30 sec at 10 MPH, 60 sec rest.

 

Best BCAA's? These "unflavored" ones I got from Zach are actually shit flavored, but I finally got them down.

 

On your bench game strength. That's where I want to be

 

Lol thanks. If only I could get my other numbers to be as impressive, I'd be happy.

 

Just bought some PES mango something from vitamin shoppe had heard really good things about it. I'll let you know. I was using scivation prior but about two scoops left of it.

 

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/j...skuid=jym116&gclid=CKrpoc7m4s0CFUEfhgodCeIN6w

 

Looked at those. Also looked at the ON. Ami.NO energy, a couple guys I know really like them and I think they'd be good to drink throughout the day at the new job.

 

Amino Energy helps throughout the day because it's got a little caffeine in it. I have enough caffeine in my pre, I don't need any more. I took Amin.O energy when I first started in the gym. It's delicious. But, I stick with Jym now.